The Gretsch G6120-1959LTV 6-String Semi Acoustic Guitar Vintage Orange Lacquer continues the long tradition of the 6120 Chet Atkins hollow body guitars that defined a generation when rock‘n’roll and rockabilly was the music of the day.
This G6120-1959LTV model has special touches including trestle bracing, dual TV Jones Classic pickups and a lacquer finish. Other features include bound archtop body with bound oversized f- holes, two-piece Maple neck, bound Ebony fingerboard with zero fret and Neo-Classic thumbnail inlays, three-position pickup switch, three-position master tone switch, gold plexi pickguard with ‘Chet Atkins’ signature signpost, chrome ‘rocking bar’ bridge, gold-plated hardware, gold-plated Grover Sta-Tite tuners, bound headstock with curly maple overlay and a Bigsby B6C vibrato tailpiece.
The main features of the Gretsch G6120-1959LTV 6-String Semi Acoustic Guitar Vintage Orange Lacquer include:
- Series: Professional Collection
- Colour: Vintage Orange Lacquer
- Model no: 240-1253-822
- Body Shape: Nashville
- Body Back: Laminated Maple
- Body Sides: Laminated Maple
- Body Top: Arched Laminated Maple
- Bracing: 1959 Style Trestle
- F Holes Sound Holes: Bound Oversized "F"-Holes
- Body Depth: 2.75" (70 mm)
- Body Width Lower Bout: 16" (40.64 cm)
- Body Binding: Multiple
- Number of Frets: 22
- Position Inlays: Neo-Classic "Thumbnail"
- Fingerboard Radius: 12" (305 mm)
- Head Stock Binding: Bound
- Fretboard: Ebony
- Neck Material: Maple
- Nut Width: 1.6875" (42.8 mm)
- Scale Length: 24.6" (625 mm)
- Neck Binding: Bound Fingerboard
- Pickup Configuration: HH
- Bridge Pickup: TV Jones Classic
- Neck Pickup: TV Jones Classic
- Pickup Switching: 3-Position Toggle: Position 1. Bridge Pickup, Position 2. Bridge and Neck Pickups, Position 3. Neck Pickup
- Controls: Volume 1.(Neck Pickup), Volume 2.(Bridge Pickup), Master Volume.
- Hardware Finish: Chrome-Plated
- Bridge: Rosewood-Based Chrome "Rocking" Bar
- Bridge Cover: Bigsby B6C Vibrato Tailpiece with Gretsch Logo
- Tuning Machines: Grover Sta-Tit Die-Cast
- String Nut: "Zero Fret" Nut
- Tremolo Arm Handle: Bigsby Flat Handle
- Auxiliary Switching: 3-Position Master Tone Switch: Position 1. Medium Level, High Frequency Roll Off. Position 2. Switch Out of Circuit, Pickup Wide Open. Position 3. Slight Level, High Frequency Roll Off
- Unique Features: Neo Classic "Thumbnail" Inlay Position Markers, Bound Fingerboard and Headstock, Multiple Body Bindings, Curly Maple Headstock Overlay, Inlaid Pearloid Horseshoe and Gretsch Logo on Headstock, Bound Oversized F-Holes, Gold Plexi Pickguard with "Chet Atkins" Signature Signpost, Chrome Bar Bridge Paired with Aluminum Bigsby and Gold-Plated Hardware, Knurled Strap Retainer Knobs, Adjustable Truss Rod
- Case: Deluxe Hardshell
- Included Accessories: Includes G6241 Deluxe Hardshell Case
- Control Knobs: G-Arrow